Arkansas Code Title 18, Subtitle 4, Chapter 43 - Laborers' Liens Generally

• § 18-43-101 - Lien for Production of Labor.
  All laborers who shall perform work and labor for any person under a written or verbal contract shall have an absolute lien on the...
• § 18-43-102 - Lien on Object, Etc., Worked on -- Liability of Purchasers.
  (a) (1) Laborers who perform work and labor on any object, thing, material, or property shall have an absolute lien on the object, thing,...
• § 18-43-103 - Miner's or Quarry Worker's Lien.
  (a) Any person working in any mines in the State of Arkansas or in any quarries, either stone or marble, shall have a lien...
• § 18-43-104 - Time Liens Take Effect.
  Liens under the provisions of §§ 18-43-101, 18-43-105 -- 18-43-110, and 18-43-112 -- 18-43-117 are in full force and effect from and after the...
• § 18-43-105 - Time to Commence Actions -- Settlement.
  (a) Proceedings under this section and §§ 18-43-101, 18-43-104, 18-43-106 -- 18-43-110, and 118-43-112 -- 18-43-117 shall be commenced within eight (8) months after...
• § 18-43-106 - Filing of Sworn Statement.
  (a) (1) Every person who has a lien as provided in this section and §§ 18-43-101, 18-43-104, 18-43-105, 18-43-107 -- 18-43-110, and 18-43-112 --...
• § 18-43-107 - Notice of Action.
  (a) (1) The justice of the peace shall cause notice to be given to the defendant in the usual way. (2) However, if the...
• § 18-43-108 - Proceedings for Larger Amounts.
  When the amount exceeds three hundred dollars ($300), the proceeding will be the same as described for smaller amounts, except the plaintiff shall make...
• § 18-43-109 - Officer to Take Charge of Property.
  At the same time the notice is given to the defendant, the sheriff or constable shall take charge of the property as described in...
• § 18-43-110 - Jury Trial.
  Either plaintiff or defendant may, by requesting the court, have the case tried by a competent jury of six (6) persons.
• § 18-43-111 - Laborer Allowed Attorney's Fee.
  When a laborer who has filed a lien for wages gives notice thereof to the debtor or owner of the property, which has been...
• § 18-43-112 - Sale of Property.
  If the amount adjudged to be due is not paid, with the cost of suit, on the day of trial, then the sheriff or...
• § 18-43-113 - Execution on Judgment.
  In all cases in which the property charged does not sell for enough to satisfy the judgment rendered, with all costs of suit, in...
• § 18-43-114 - Pro Rata Distribution.
  (a) When there are several liens for labor on the same land, crop, or property of the same date, or which are equally just,...
• § 18-43-115 - Real Estate Not Exempt.
  No real estate shall be exempt from sale under an execution on a laborer's lien.
• § 18-43-116 - Land to Be Sold With Buildings.
  In selling buildings under the provisions of this section and §§ 18-43-101, 18-43-104 -- 18-43-110, 18-43-112 -- 18-43-115, and 18-43-117, a reasonable amount of...
• § 18-43-117 - Bill of Sale or Deed.
  The officers making any sale as provided in this chapter shall make out the necessary bill of sale or deed.
• § 18-43-118 - Lien on Crops.
  (a) Every person who harvests agricultural crops belonging to another shall be entitled to a lien against those crops for payment of the cost...

Last modified: November 15, 2016